[blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor

[Sharon Howerton]

Well said! Thank you for some common sense, as always.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Shelton
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:56 PM
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Ears are eyes that can see through walls and around corners.

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From: Star Gazer [mailto:pickrellrebecca at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:10 PM
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What!! You had ears back then Bob? Now I know you're kidding us. Next you'll
tell us you had running water!

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Shelton
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 12:54 AM
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Nope, just my ears.  I was a grad student in those days, and our apartment
and life style was such that our babies were never that far away.

-----Original Message-----
From: Star Gazer [mailto:pickrellrebecca at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:20 PM
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And to think, my folks didn't use a monitor. 
Bob, did you? Sharon? 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:49 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor

20 years later, I have to assume they are better. And I think it depends on
the type you purchase. We have one that isn't an analogue monitor, which I
think makes it less likely to pick up other waves out there and vice versus.
The big thing nowadays is monitors with night-vision cameras and doo-dads
that alert when baby cries, doesn't move for a period of time, etc. I've
seen monitors for upwards of $500, and I'm sure more expensive devices
exist. I have to assume, though we all know the saying here, grin, that
todays monitors don't air you and your baby, but again, it probably depends
on the monitor itself. Honestly, I didn't even think about this until you
brought it up. Like Erin, we only use it for bedtime and naps, but I may
research this.

Bridgit
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:27:21 -0600
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
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So now I have a question about baby monitors, way back when, I'm talking
20 years ago, baby monitors like most cordless phones were an open
invitation for crooks to listen into your homes. If you had a police
scanner, which we always have, seriously, you could hear peeps talking in
their homes.  
And I'm saying, you could hear word for word what they said and if they said
they were leaving for the day, or what ever.  The same with cordless phones.
At least with these, you really didn't have a clue who these peeps were but
with the baby monitors, you had to be fairly close to them for the scanners
to work.

So do you suppose they make them better these days, so nosey peeps like me
cannot listen in.

After I found out this, I refused to own one.

We don't have a scanner for that reason, it's a hobby, listening to planes
and stuff, the baby monitor stuff we discovered by accident while we were at
a friends house.  V


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